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Richard Pike
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Location: Blountville, Tennessee
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 Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:00 pm Post subject: Thanksgiving flight |
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Since some of you guys up Nawth are bewailing the cold and not getting to fly, these ought to either cheer you up, or rub salt in the wound, as the case may be.
My buddy Matt & I went flying yesterday afternoon, we flew over the town where Matt lives, the first picture is beautiful downtown Blountville.
The second picture is looking toward Bristol and the mountains.
The third picture is looking toward Kingsport and the mountains to the south.
The fourth picture is west of Kingsport, we dropped down to just a few feet above the Holston River and were flogging up the river at flank speed. Matt was really getting stoked, and after getting some pictures of the river, held the camera out the side of the airplane and went to switch from still picture mode to movie mode.
Unfortunately, he hit the wrong button and ejected his new high-tech batteries into the river. So that was the end of the pictures... But we had fun laughing about it on the way back home. Did you know a MKIII will shake and jiggle in flight if both occupants have the giggles? It's great.
Richard Pike
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:44 am Post subject: Thanksgiving flight |
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At 10:01 PM 11/25/09 -0800, you wrote:
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Richard,
What is the function of the red led and the manometer looking instruments?
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:28 am Post subject: Thanksgiving flight |
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betcha the red LED is air/fuel ratio. Considering one myself.
BB
On 26, Nov 2009, at 8:37 AM, Jack B. Hart wrote:
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Richard Pike
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:32 am Post subject: Re: Thanksgiving flight |
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| jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne wrote: | At 10:01 PM 11/25/09 -0800, you wrote:
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Richard,
What is the function of the red led and the manometer looking instruments?
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN |
The red led numbers are the voltmeter, it is showing 14.0. The little square red light below the numbers is supposed to look like a battery.
The manometer looking thing is an antique Makiki pellet variometer. It is a vacuum flask that fits behind the panel, and the little plastic portion that sticks through has two little foam pellets that float in channels. When you climb or descend, or hit lift or sink, the pellets float up or down in the tubes as air flows in or out of the flask. It is both extremely sensitive and instantaneous, and as long as you have the room to fit it, it is ideal. And it weighs less than a pound.
Happy Thanksgiving to all the Kolbers! (Now I need to get back to the garage and check the turkey smoker)
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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Richard Pike
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:36 am Post subject: Re: Thanksgiving flight |
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| slyck(at)frontiernet.net wrote: | betcha the red LED is air/fuel ratio. Considering one myself.
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Naw, that's the gauge on the extreme right. It's called an EGT... get'cha one, you'll like it, they're fun <snicker>
Richard Pike
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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:59 am Post subject: Thanksgiving flight |
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well the numbers looked in the ballpark......
IMO EGTs are for 2 strokes and jet engines. I set my carb up with OX readings on a multimeter but a
permanent gauge on the panel would be good for future experimentation.
BB
off to the grub
On 26, Nov 2009, at 10:36 AM, Richard Pike wrote:
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slyck(at)frontiernet.net wrote:
> betcha the red LED is air/fuel ratio. Considering one myself.
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>> Richard,
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>> What is the function of the red led and the manometer looking instruments?
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>> Jack B. Hart FF004
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Naw, that's the gauge on the extreme right. It's called an EGT... get'cha one, you'll like it, they're fun
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) [Laughing]
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